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§ 2. (1) For purposes of public relations activities, each political party shall, upon request, be granted public funds to the extent provided as follows.
(2) The volume of such grants shall be ascertained as follows:
a) each party represented in the National Council with at least five Members (minimum requirement for constituting a club) shall receive an annual basic amount of Euro 218 019;
b) after deduction of the amounts due pursuant to subpara a, the remaining funds pursuant to para 1 shall be distributed among the political parties represented in the National Council pro rata to the votes cast for them in the last National Council elections held;
c) political parties not represented in the National Council but having received in an election to the National Council more than 1 per cent of the valid votes cast, shall for the election year be entitled to funds granted for the purpose of public relations activities (para 1) in the same way as political parties pursuant to subpara b; such funds shall be paid during
the first quarter of the year following the election.
(3) The funds granted pursuant to para 2 shall amount to Euro 14 383 200. Starting in 2005, this amount shall be reduced or increased pro rata to the fluctuations of the previous year's consumer price index 1996 as published by the Federal Institution "Statistik Österreich" [Statistics Austria].
(4) (Note: repealed by Federal Law Gazette No. 201/1996)